The Leland Diamond Pull Down Faucet is a  contemporary yet stylish look for any kitchen decor.

This faucets has a high arc and turns 360  degrees making for easy cleaning.

The pull down hose is 59 inches and can reach up to 20″

The Leland Diamond Pull Down Faucet has a great asset in the 13-7/8″ high arc. It makes cleaning deep pots and pans easy as 1-2-3.

The Classic Single Handle Kitchen Faucet from Delta is a modern spin on the old traditional kitchen faucet.

This model faucet offers an 8″ spout  and  the neck turns 360 degrees for easier cleaning and food prep.

This style of kitchen faucet is constructed from solid brass which offers a great look but plenty of durability.

The Classic Single Handle Kitchen Faucet from Delta comes in a 3 hole 6 inch or 8 inch installation.

There may come a time when you will need to remove your toilet bowl for some reason or another and it may look like a difficult job but it really isn’t and will will explain to you how to do so.

Step One:

You will want to gather your tools in this first step. You will need a adjustable wrench, small pair of channel lock players, flat head screwdriver and that’s it, yea just those three things really!

Step Two:

Now that you have your tools ready you will want to shut the water supply off to the toilet bowl. To do so look to the left side of the toilet and about six inches from the floor you wil see a valve , and you will want to turn the valve handle clockwise until it stops and then the water will be shut off.

*Side Note: In the plumbing trade these valves are commonly known as “stops” and you can see why.

Step Three:

On each side of the toilet you will see two bolts that are sticking up through the floor, and sometimes these bolts will be covered up by small plastic caps and this is what you will need the flat head screwdriver for. So if your toilet has the caps over the bolts, you will simply just want to easily pry those caps off to access these bolts.

Once you have these caps off and you can see the bolts you will want to take your adjustable wrench and remove these two nuts ( one on each side ).

Step Four:

Right on top of that valve that you shut off is a piece of tubing that leads to the toilet bowl tank bottom and there you will want to loosen that nut until the nut slides down towards the valve.

Step Five:

Open your tank lid and remove all the water in the tank with a small plastic cup and you may also want to remove the water from the actual bowl itself depending on how much is in there.

Step Six:

Now that you have rge bolts removed, water shut off, water removed from the tank and bowl and the water supply line removed from the tank bottom, you can now lift the bowl from the floor and your toilet is now removed.

Having a leaky outdoor hose bib can waste a lot of water if the leak gets bad enough and we will show you “how its done” by a professional plumber using ordinary store bought tools and materials.

Step One:

The first thing you will want to do is to locate your existing line in your basement or your wall and get all your material that is required ready ( see list above pictures )

Step Two:

Clean the end of the copper pipe that you will be sweating the copper threaded male adpt on to and also clean the inside of the male adpt and then you can flux or add your soldering paste ( same thing )

Step Three:

Make sure the feed line to your hose bib has an isolation valve so that your not cutting into a live line, or just shut the water main.

Step Four:

Cut the copper water pipe and the go outside and remove the mounting screws from the flange on the hose bib and then slide the hose bib and the copper pipe out of the side of the house.

Step Five:

Now that you have the hose bb out you will want to sweat your male adpt on to the end of your pipe and then once it cools off you will want to teflon tape the male adpt and then thread it into the back side of the hose bib.

More Steps Under Pictures

Step Six:

Measure the length of from end of the male adpt to the end of the pipe you cut and then cut the pipe accordingly so that you have the exact make up of what you removed.

Step Seven:

Slide the copper pipe that is attached to the hose bib back through the wall the same way it came out and screw the screw back into the mounting holes on the flange.

Step Eight:

Now connect your coupling to the two pieces of the half inch copper and then sweat the coupling.

Once you are SURE that your sweat joints are good you may now turn your water supply back on and check for leaks, and if there isn’t and leaks then enjoy your new hose bib!

The materials we used were:

1 female hose bib with mounting collar

1 15″ piece of 1/2″ copper tubing

1 1/2″ thread male by sweat adpt

3 inches solder / some soldering paste

8 inches teflon tape

When the good ole winter comes into town you will have to hire a professional pool service tech to come and close your above ground pool.  With these pictures below and the story you are about to hear, you will have a full sense of what is involved.

Step one

The first thing that should be done when getting ready to close the pool is to make sure that you have all the things that you will need. Things you will need are pool cover, pool cover cable, pool cover cable winch, winter skimmer plate, #8 rubber plug, and some closing chemicals.

Step Two

The next step will be making sure that you have all the tools that you will need to close the pool. You will need the following tools to close an above ground swimming pool: Slotted screwdriver, Philips screwdriver, garden hose, channel locks, twine, and a pair of scissors.

Step Three

You will now want to install the skimmer winder plate on the the front of the skimmer by removing the screw that are on the from of the skimmer plate,  you can easily just match the wholes that are on the skimmer plate with the screws on the skimmer, these are the screws that you will have to remove.

Step Four

Now that you have installed the winter plate on the skimmer you will have to know plug up the return of  the pool. and to do so you will want to spin out the return fitting by turning it counter clockwise. Once you have removed the fitting you will want to insert your #8 winter plug into the fitting on the pool and then tighten up the wingnut so that the plug will now fall out during the winter.

Step Five

The next thing you will want to do is to remove all the water from the pool pump and the pool filter. This can be done by removing the drain plugs from the bottom of each. You will want to use your channel locks / screw driver to remove the plugs. Once the plugs are removed, Please allow a few minutes for all the water to drain before moving or storing the pump and filter, that way water will not leak or drip where you decide to store the filter equipment.

Step Six

So now that you have your water intake , pool return and pool filter system ready to go and winterized you will want to inflate your air pillow about three quarters of the way. Once you have inflated the air pillow you will want to tie string or twine to each end of the air pillow and then attach those ends to the side walls of the pool.

Step Seven

Once you have attached your air pillow to the side walls of the pool you will now want to put in your favorite mix of winter pool chemicals that fits you and your pool best and off course what brands you like to use as well.

Step Eight

Now installing the pool cover usually takes two people to do, and it also can be done with one person but having that second person makes a huge difference, so that’s why most professionals have crews of at least to people.

To install the pool cover make sure you and your helper keep the cover taught and walk the pool cover across the pool covering the whole entire pool and making sure that the areas that need to be tucked around things get tucked in and also try to make the overlapping or extra pool cover is even around the entire pool.

Step Nine ( YAY, Last Step )

After you have your pool cover laying on top of the pool water, over the air pillow and tucked in your deck if you have one, you will now want to install your cable and tighten your winch.

Take the cable and insert it into every eyelet that the cover has and when you go around the whole pool you should wind up with two ends that meet and this is where the winch comes into play.

Take the two ends of the cable and insert them into the two ends of the cable winch and turn the winch handle or gear clockwise and you will see the cable start to tighten up. Repeat this until the cable is super tight and will be string enough to hold on the cover throughout the winter.

There of course is a few more things that can be done, like making sure you wash your cover before installing it if its a used cover, and you also might want to get yourself a cover pump to keep control of the water on top of your pool cover if you live in a rainy are or an area that gets a lot of snow.

One Last Tip

If you notice the pictures above you will see that right after the cover was installed there was a bit of water on it and this was not us being sloppy but we intentionally added some water to the cover because this pool was in a yard with lots of wind, and having that little bit of water on the cover gives you that extra protection and prevents the cover from being blown off as well.

Northwest Pipe Fittings Inc is a licensed plumbing company located in Great Falls, Montana

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